Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-09-08
preliminary Announcement
OF THE
Capay Valley Land Company.

Prior to the location of the line of the
Woodland, Capay and Clear Lake Rail-
road. the Capay Valley Land Company, a
corporation composed chiefly of the Direc-
tors and Officers of the Southern Pacific
Company, purchased on the line of the
proposed road, and chiefly in Capay VAL
ley itself, through which the road is being
extended from Madison in Yolo county
several large bodies Of the choicest lands to
be found in that beautiful and fertile val
ley. The construction of the Woodland,
Capay and Clear Lake Railroad is being
pushed with great energy, and will reach
very early completion. The line of this
road passes Immediately through the lands
pany, which lands will be immediatelylsub-
divided into small tracts, several town sites
established and the lands and the town
property placed ON the market.
Capay Valley is located On the western
side Of Yolo county, and is one of the most
fertile and picturesque valleys on the Pa
cifc Coast. The lands in this valley have
heretofore been owned in large holdings;
the growing of wheat has been the chief
| agricultural industry, which owing to the
great fertility of the soil, the warmth and
| ~saluhrity of the climate, the heavy annual
| precipitation Of rain, and the perfect pro-
| lection which the CONFORMATION of the val
| ley affords against north winds, has proven
| highly profitable. At intervals, however,
throughout the valley, orchards may be
I seen, and these experiments in the line of
horticulture have demonstrated the full ca
liabilities of the valley for the growth of
all citrus, semi-tropicsl and temperate
fruits. Orange and lemon trees OF most
thrifty growth may be seen in the gardens
and orchards. Grapes, apricots, figs.
pears, cherries, almonds, peaches, and all
the other fruits to be found in the most fa-
vored localities, reach here to the greatest
perfection. The very earliest fruits and
vegetables appearing in San Francisco and
With respect to early production, Capay
Valley ranks fully with, if not superior to
the celebrated Vaca and Pleasant Valleys.
This fact alone confersa very high premium
upon the lands to be offered. The or
chardist. the vineyardist and gardener OF
Capay Valley can place ripe fruits and
vegetables in the San Francisco and Chi
cage markets at the high rate usually OBJ
tainable for early fruit, and from four
to six weeks in advance of nearly every
other portion of the State of California.
Under completely analogous conditions in
Vaca Valley, lands have reached a valua.
tion of 5000 an acre, ndhave proven highly
profitable investments at that price. The
lands to be offered by the Capay Valley
Land Company are in oil respects equal in
fertility, and lie under equal climatic ad-
vantages with the most favored orchard
and garden lands of the State.
One of the leading objects Of the pur.
chase of this land by q syndicate of persons
interested in the success of the railroad to
be constructed was to secure the subdivi-
sion of the density of settlement. Keep
ing this object steadily in view, of some Of
the largest and most fertile tracts will be
and individuals will he strictly limited to
the ownership of a single lot. Town sites
will be located as near to the center OF the
tracts as may be found convenient or
judicious, and the purchasers Of orchard or
garden land in small tracts will be par
mitted to purchase not to exceed FIVE lots
in the town site plats. In this way it is
designed to establish populous and thriv-
ing communities, whose growth and pros
per ty shall be based upon small holdings
Of very fertile and highly profitable lands.
Ten acres of this fertile land lying under
climatic conditions SO favorable to orchard
and garden culture may be madeas profit
able and responsive to intelligent industry
IS 100 or 800 acres of land devoted to the
growth of cereals. The very esrly matu.
rity of fruits and vegetables already al
luded to will secure to the cultivator the
highest market price. while the road to be
constructed, being under the management
and control of the owners of the land TO
be offered, will afford every facility for the
shipment Of fruits and vegetables, and in
every respect promote the success Of these
Geographically, Capay Valley lies i'm.
mediately west Of the beautiful and thriy-
ing city of Woodland, the County Seat of
Yolo county. It's trend 10 northwest and